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Re:Alphabet Earnings Release FY23 Q3 [pdf] by buildstatements on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @05:37PM (#38006022)
There are many tasks for which speed is not an absolute requirement.

I bet there are lots of places that parallelisation makes more computers within the ballpark of acceptable performance perfectly cromulent to keep around.

Heck, my 2015 mac is a perfectly serviceable media player when I watch sport.

Re:Alphabet Earnings Release FY23 Q3 [pdf] by dekhn on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @05:42PM (#38006074)
None of that has anything to do with the accounting change that they made.
Re:Alphabet Earnings Release FY23 Q3 [pdf] by wepple on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:14PM (#38006431)
With repercussions. If they’re estimating a lifespan extension and later go back to the original estimate, they’ll have huge one-off depreciation charges, no?